Poultry car



April 30,1929.

|. v. EDGERToN 1,711-,112

PoUL'rRY en I Filed May 19, 1'927 2 Sheets-Sheet April 30, 1929- l. v. EDER-roN 1,711,112

fPOULTIW CAR F'iled nay 19. 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 I filling spout or chute.

Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES ISRAEL v. EDGERTON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR TOPALACE IPotrL'rIiirI COMPANY, or CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION Or ILLINOIsJ NPATE y, 1,711,112'- NTOFFICB .CAR

POULTRY CAR.

Application filed May `19,

This invention relates to the art of railway` l cars designed for the transportation of live In the ripper portion O'fthis central eonipart-I nient and directlybeneath the rool" ofthe car is customarily located a water tank, with pipes ruiming therefrom towardtlie ends of the car for supplying water to the stock. Such water tanks are coinnionly provided with one or more filling spouts that extend from the top ot thetank upwardly through the root ol the car, and are equipped with lids or covers. I I j My present invention has to do Withthis water tank and its filling spout. It has been found by experience that, under the inore or less sudden and jerky stopping and starting movements of the car, the water in the tank surges violently troni side to side ot the latter and the blows ot' the water against the side walls ot the tank impose considerable strain, sometimes causing the sides to spring and leak. One object of my invention is to provide a simple, efficient and inexpensive means in the general naturel oi a battle for ehi-wiring the surging action of the water.

lt has heretofore proved Ia matter ot some iliil'liculty to make a tight, cinder-pijoof and waterprooi joint between the filling spout or chute ot the tank and the root ot the car, so as to prevent cinders and rain from beating into the latter at such joint. One object ot iny present invention is'to provide an iinproved sealed joint between the filling spout or chute and the root of the car, such as willVI eltectively seal the joint against the access of cinders and water jtroin the outside, and

thus prevent the access Ot cinders to the water tank and the rottingof the wooden root boards around the filling spout.

A still further object is to provide an iinproved and highly efficient closure for the The manner and ineans by which the above` stated objects and advantages are secured invention, and in whiolr- 1927. serial No. 192,609.

will be readily understood by those skilled `in the art from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accom` panying drawings wherein 1 have illustrated .i practical and preferred einbodiinentsof the Fig. l is a top lplan view ofthe central portion ot' the `cai-roof directly overlying the water tank, showingthe latter andIits baf fle by dotted lines beneath the roof; i

F ig. 2 is aI transverse I `vertical section through the portion ofthe rooshownin Fig. 1, on the lille `--2` ofthe latterligure, with the underlying water tank inIsideelevation, partly brokenout and insection;

Fig. 3 is a horizontalseotion throughftlie `water tank on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2, andin,

the horizont-al plane oftheiupper edgeof the` f battle;` y. j I I II 1. i B ig. l is an 1enlarged vertical section, `on the line Big. 1, througlrthe car roof, the: upper portion of the filling seal and closure of the `latter;` I

` u i i 1 i i i `n i u Big. `5 is a fragmentary vertical section onV a further enlarged scale, throiigh tlielet't hand portion ofFigng I l* 1 v Fig. 6 isa View similar to 5, illustrating1 a reversalot two overlapping parts ;II

4 P, u n n llig. i is a verticalsection on anenlarged scale through the water tank baltlepon the line 7-7 otFig. 25 i I I "i "I Reterring to the drawings, l() designates as an entirety the central root portion oi' a poultry ear. which includes the usual iatters V11 and rootl hoards12;` suitably mounted bv any approved means (not shown) directlv lief` ncatli this ceiitral portion ol the root' `is `the spout, and the.

rectangular water tank designated as iin. en-` tirety by 13, saidtank oo nsistiiigof a com pletely enclosedstructure including a roofor cover 14, the sloping sides of which are preferably substantially.parallel `witlrthe slopingi sides ot theoar roof 10. I I l j Disposed within the tank 13 and preferably extending obliquely between `diagonally Iopposite cornersof the latterIis a baille. In the" p what greater length than the combined width 0f the planks 15 andthe intermediatespace 1G, as sliownin Fig. I2, so ithatIWlien the baffle rests on .the bottom of the tank there isa space 16 between the lower plank and the floor ol the tank about equal in width to the space 16 betweenthe planks. Blocks 18 (Fig. 7) of the width of the cleats 17 may be interposed between the latter in the spaces 16 and 16 for greater strength, if desired, and to assist in breaking up the surging of the water lengthwise of' the baille, but these blocks 1S are not essential. The baille thus formed does not require to be fastened in or to the tank, but is of a length such that its ends will just straddle the diagonally opposite corners of the tank, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the yside and end walls oi" the tank support the baille against lateral displacement in either direction, except for such slight bending movement as may be caused by the pressure of the water when in motion. From the foregoing it will be seen that the described baille, by partly restricting the rushing movement of the water between the opposite side walls Vand opposite end walls of `the tank greatly reduces the blows of the water on said walls,

while at the same time permitting passage of the water through the baffle and thus allowingwater to normally stand at equal heights on both sides of the baille. The water tank baille above described is not claimed herein, but forms thesubject-matter of a divisional applicationffiled January 9, 1929, Serial No. 331,250.

Mounted in the roof 14 of the tank are one or more spouts or chutes extending through the roof of the car, throughwhich the tank is adapted to be filled from overhead. Two such filling spouts are herein shown, and since they are identical in structure, a description of' one will suflice. The filling spout herein illustrated is a tapering member 19 of rectangular structure in cross-section, the lower end of which is secured in the roof 14 of the tank bya suitable gasket ring 19, while .its upper wide end projects through a correspondingly shaped opening in the roof boards 12, fit-ting and projecting above said opening as shown in Fig. f1. The upper marginal portion of the spout 19 which projects above the roof boards 12 is identified by 19. Attached to the `roof boards 12 around the projecting portion of the spout is a sealing member consisting of a. ring 20 of inverted U-shape that embraces the projecting margin 19 of the spout, and a. base flange 20 that rests on the roof boards 12 and is attached to the latter as by bolts 21. Between the marshaped sealing ring 20 is formed as an extension ofthe upwardly projecting portion 19 of the spout, and overlaps the upstanding `limb oi a plain angle ring 23 that attached tothe rool 12. In both of the structures illustrated in Figs. and 6, the joint between the` spout- 19 and the roof 12 is manifestly effectively sealed against access ol weten', such as rain beating on the roof or water from within the tank slopping out through the filling spoutwhen the lid or cover of the latter is open. The structure disclosed iii-Fig. 6 is not specifically claimed herein, but 'forms the subject-matter of a divisional application filed by me on the 19th day of March, 1928, Serial No. 262,635.

I have also designed an ellicient lid or cover for the filling spout or chute, the same consisting oit' a sheet-metal plate 24 of a size to overlap the sealing ring (Fig. 5) or the sealin g ring 20 (Fig. 6) and flanged on three sides, as shown at 24 to overlap the latter; a wooden block 25 of a size to interfit the sealing ring 2() or 20", and an underlying thin metal plate 26 on the lower side of the block 25 ;said parts 24, 25 and 26 all being securely united by through bolts 27. To the top ot the lid or cover thus formed are attached,fcon veniently by the same through bolts 27, a pair of hinge straps 2S, the rearwardly extending ends of which are curled, as shown at 29 in Fig. 4 to embrace a hinge pintle 3() that extends through holes in a pair of hinge lugs 31 that are welded or otherwise secured to the sealing ring 20. Encircling the hinge pintle between and outside the eyes 29 of the hinge straps are spacing sleeves 32 and T he 4above described structure of lid or cover affords a very strong and snugly fitting closure for the filling spout, the edges of which are effective-ly sealed by reason of its overlapping engagement with the sealing ring 20.

I claim- 1. The combination with a car roof formed with an opening, and a water tank there beneath, of a filling spout mounted on said tank and filling an d projecting above said car roof opening, a ring attached to said ear roof Yformed with an upstanding flange encircling the projecting portion of said spout, and a packing between said flange and said projecting spout port-ion.

2. The combination with a car roof formed with an opening, and a water tank therebeneath, of a filling' spout mounted in the roof of said tank and filling and projecting above said car roof opening, and a sealing ring having base portion attached' to Said car roof around said opening and a. channel portion overlying and embracing the upper projecting end of said spout.

3. The combination with a car roof formeel with an opening, and a water tank therebeneath, of a .filling spout mounted in the roof of said tank and filling and projecting above said car roof opening, a sealing ringliaving lll() lll) a base portion attached to said car roof around said opening and a channel portion overlying and embracing the upper projecting end of said spout7 and a channel shaped packing ring Within said channel portion embracing the upper projecting end of said spout.

4. The combination with a lilling spout, of a closure therefor comprising a block entering the open upper end of said spout, a metal plate on the upper face of said block having marginal portions overlying the upper edge of said spout, a metal plate covering the under neath, of a filling spout mounted on said tank n extending through and projecting above said opening, a separate sea i said roof and surrounding the pro'ecting portion of said spout, and means sealing the joint between said spout and ring.

ISRAEL EDGERTON.

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